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George and Elizabeth Oliver

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George was baptised on the 13th September 1835 at Diddlebury Parish Church and his living with his parents William and Susanna at Fernhall Mill at the time of the 1841 Census. I have not found him on the 1851 Census, but did on the 1861. He is living at Aston Munslow aged 26 living with his 32 year old wife and three children, the eldest George was 8 years old, so he must only have been sixteen or seventeen when Elizabeth became pregnant. His wife Elizabeth was born at Stokesay, his eldest son George at Ludlow, Edwin aged 4 was born at Stokesay and 3 month old daughter Martha was born at Aston. From this I gather that I might be able to find him at Ludlow for the 1851 Census.

I haven't found the family at the time of the 1871 Census, but by the time of the 1881 Census he is living at Lower Hayton, Stanton Lacy.

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Lower Hayton circa 1889

Lower Hayton in 1881 was made up of the main farm of 69 acres run by William Hall and his four sons, Richard, William, Thomas and Arthur. William Hall employed three men; John Lloyd unmarried aged 40 who came from Stanton Lacy; Edward Morgan aged 50 born at Diddlebury, with his wife and seven children and great grandfather George Oliver aged 45 with his wife Elizabeth and four sons Frederick aged 16 a pupil teacher, John aged 13 an agricultural labourer and William and Thomas aged 11 and 9 who were still at school. Also living with George and his wife was a blind widow aged 89 called Martha Bywaters.

If you look at the map, the main farm is the T shaped building, which today is called Barracks Farm, and there are three other buildings where William Hall's agricultrual labourers lived. I love the name of one of the fields 'Mincepie'. A modern day map shows exactly the same buildings.

So it looks as if great grandfather George and his wife Elizabeth had the following children:

In 1891 George and Elizabeth are living at Sutton Road, Stanton Lacy. Geroge is still an agricultural labourer and they have a Richard Jones staying with them. arrow



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